Abstract: A braking system for aircraft landing gear including a plurality of clamping zones for clamping a brake disk. The braking system comprises an actuator, a caliper, a rim rotatable about an axis of rotation, and the brake disk, which is floatingly mounted relative to the rim. The caliper comprises a stationary inner support, a movable intermediate support, and an outer support that is hinged relative to the inner support. Under action of the actuator, the movable intermediate support moves and causes the brake disk to move so that the brake disk is clamped between the intermediate support and the outer support, and then causes the outer support to tilt so that the brake disk is clamped between the inner support and the outer support.

Abstract: A vented brake disc according to the present disclosure comprises a first braking plate having a first inner surface and a first outer surface; a second braking plate parallel with and spaced apart from the first braking plate, the second braking plate having a second outer surface, and a second inner surface facing the first inner surface; a plurality of channels defined by two walls adjacent to each other, the channels communicating with the inner peripheral space of the first braking plate and with the inner peripheral space of the second braking plate; a hat portion having a mounting surface and a peripheral portion extended axially from the mounting surface; a first blocking part preventing outboard communication of any one of the channels, the first blocking part connecting the peripheral portion to the first braking plate; and a second blocking part preventing inboard communication of the channel adjacent to the channel where the outboard communication is prevented by the first blocking part, the secon

Abstract: A bicycle operating device comprises a base member, a brake operating member, an electrical switch, and a wireless communication unit. The brake operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The electrical switch is to provide an electric signal. The electrical switch is disposed at one of the base member and the brake operating member. The wireless communication unit is connected to the electrical switch to transmit a wireless signal based on the electric signal. The wireless communication unit is disposed at the other of the base member and the brake operating member.

Abstract: An ECP overlay system for a UIC-type distributor valve includes a manifold body having a pipe bracket face configured to engage a face of a pipe bracket of a brake system, a valve face configured to engage a face of a UIC-type distributor valve of a brake system, and an electric manifold face. The system further including an electric manifold assembly engaged with the electric manifold face of the manifold body, with the electric manifold assembly having a pneumatic mode where the electric manifold assembly is configured to allow pneumatic-only control of a brake cylinder of brake system and an ECP mode where the electric manifold assembly is configured to allow electronic control of a brake cylinder of a rbrake system.

Abstract: A braking control method for a braking system of a vehicle is provided according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure. The braking control method comprises: obtaining a total braking distance and a first speed of the vehicle; obtaining braking delay information related to the braking system, wherein the braking delay information includes first time information and second time information, the first time information reflects a delay time of a braking signal, and the second time information reflects a preparation time for performing a braking operation according to the braking signal by the braking system; obtaining deceleration information according to the total braking distance, the first speed and the braking delay information; generating the braking signal according to the deceleration information; and performing the braking operation according to the braking signal.

Abstract: A self-amplifying safety brake for a disc is provided. The brake includes: a housing; a spring assembly oriented perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the disc, the spring assembly including a first spring end and a second spring end; a sleeve assembly co-axially housing the spring assembly, wherein movement of the sleeve assembly in a first co-axial direction compresses the spring assembly at the first spring end and movement of the sleeve assembly in a second co-axial direction decompresses the spring assembly at the first spring end; a spring compressor configured to move the sleeve assembly in the first and second co-axial directions; a brake plate for frictionally engaging the disc; a lever-cam assembly associated with the sleeve assembly and the brake plate, the lever-cam assembly configured to translate movement of the sleeve assembly in the first coaxial direction into movement of the brake plate away from the disc.

Abstract: An actuation assembly includes a torque input element, a torque output element, and a transfer linkage assembly comprising a connector assembly which connects the input element to the output element. The connector assembly includes a first connector having a proximate end and a connector portion. The proximate end of the first connector is the end closer to either the input element or the output element, and the connector portion is further from that same element. The connector assembly also includes a second connector having a proximate end closer to the other of the input element and the output element. The connector portion is further from that same element. The connector portions are selectively joinable to either permit or resist relative longitudinal translation of the first and second connectors. One example application for the actuation assembly is as an actuation assembly for a braking system on a hospital bed.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved plunger assembly for a vehicle brake system. The plunger assembly is operable as a pressure source to control brake fluid pressure supplied to one or more wheel brakes. The plunger assembly comprises a housing defining a cylinder; a reversible motor supported by the housing and having a rotor; and a linear actuator such as a ball screw/nut mechanism driven by the motor. A plunger head is mounted in the cylinder and driven by the linear actuator in first and second opposite directions. Improvements include a linear actuator rotationally supported on the housing by a bearing to actuate the plunger head connection to a ball screw.

Abstract: A fluid-filled tubular vibration-damping device including: an inner shaft member and an outer tube member connected elastically; a non-compressible fluid filling region formed between the members; and a partition wall rubber partitioning the filling region into fluid chambers at axially-opposite sides thereof connected by an orifice passage, wherein the partition wall rubber protrudes into the filling region on one of inner shaft member side and outer tube member side, while a concave groove opens to the filling region extending in a peripheral direction on an other of the sides, and a tip part of the partition wall rubber is inserted in the concave groove without being compressed in an axis-perpendicular direction and is configured to be axially pressed against an inner face of the concave groove to constitute a sealer fluid-tightly obstructing a space between the partition wall rubber and the inner face.

Abstract: A pad clip for a disc brake includes: a radial pressing portion which is disposed at inward than a clamping portion in a radial direction and presses outward in the radial direction an ear portion; a circumferential pressing portion which extends outward in the radial direction from a radially outer side portion of the clamping portion, an intermediate portion thereof being folded back inward in radial and circumferential directions of the rotor, and a tip end portion thereof pressing the pad inward in the circumferential direction; and a spring holding portion which protrudes outward in the circumferential direction from the radially outer side portion of the clamping portion than a base portion of the circumferential pressing portion, and holds a return spring which is made of wire material and presses the pad away from the rotor in an axial direction of the rotor.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved plunger assembly for a vehicle brake system. The plunger assembly is operable as a pressure source to control brake fluid pressure supplied to one or more wheel brakes. The plunger assembly comprises a housing defining a cylinder; a reversible motor supported by the housing and having a rotor; and a linear actuator such as a ball screw/nut mechanism driven by the motor. A plunger head is mounted in the cylinder and driven by the linear actuator in first and second opposite directions. Improvements include the plunger assembly engage at least one seal that defines a portion of a pressurized chamber. An end cap covers the projecting end of the cylinder and is secured to the housing to define a fluid passageway between the end of the cylinder and at least one fluid passageway provided in the housing block.

Abstract: An adjuster unit (100) for a vehicle disc brake (1), in particular an air disc brake (1) of a commercial vehicle, includes an adjustment spindle (101) adapted to be operatively coupled with one of the brake pads (9) such that by rotation in a first direction, the adjustment spindle (101) moves the brake pad (9) towards the disc (11). By rotation in a second direction opposite of the first direction, the adjustment spindle (101) moves the brake pad away from the disc (11). An actuator ring assembly (107) is rotatable about the adjustment spindle (101); and a wrap spring (109) is helically wound around the adjustment spindle (101). The wrap spring (109), being part of the adjuster unit, is positioned on the adjuster unit, in particular on the adjustment spindle, to engage a stop (117) upon rotation of the adjustment spindle (101) in the second direction, causing the diameter of the wrap spring (109) to increase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vibration damper (1) comprising a damper tube (2) which is at least partially filled with damping fluid and in which a piston rod (3) is movable back and forth, wherein a working piston (4) is movable jointly with the piston rod (3), by means of which working piston the interior space of the damper tube is divided into a piston-rod-side working space (5) and a piston-rod-remote working space (6), a damping module (7) for the frequency-dependent control of a comfort bypass which is formed between the piston-rod-side working space (5) and the piston-rod-remote working space (6) and which comprises a comfort path via which damping fluid can be caused to flow hydraulically in parallel with respect to the flow through the working piston (4), a control piston (8) which is received, such that it can perform stroke movements, in the damping module (7) and which, remote from the piston rod, delimits a pressure chamber (9) arranged in the damping module (7), wherein the pressure ch

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic parking brake.

Abstract: A vibration damper system used in a food processor to reduce the vibration of a high power motor that has varying speed cycles is disclosed. The motor is suspended from a ceiling that is mounted to the motor base through a plurality of bolted joints. The bolted joints are surrounded by a grommet that has a unique shape. The grommet comprises generally three parts, which are an upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion. The middle portion is smaller than other portion so that it creates a recess for the ceiling to be sandwiched between the grommet. In a preferred embodiment, the lower portion of the grommet further comprises a plurality of petal members that provide a non-uniform spring rate to the grommet so that the grommet is adapted best to reduce the upward impulse of the motor. The food processor also contains a novel air ventilation system.

Abstract: A damper valve (100) comprises a controlled flow channel (115) between a valve inlet side (100.1) and a valve outlet side (100.2); a controlled valve (130) provided in the controlled flow channel; a movable valve body (120) acting on the controlled valve so as to change a closing force of the controlled valve; and a control chamber (126). The control chamber comprises a control chamber inlet (125) in fluid connection with the valve inlet side (100.1) upstream of the controlled valve (130); a configuration providing a variable volume of the control chamber, a change in volume of the control chamber acting to cause a movement of the movable valve body (120); and a pressure relief valve (160) to allow a relief fluid flow from the control chamber (126) to the valve inlet side (100.1) bypassing the flow restriction (160.1) of the control chamber inlet (125).

Abstract: In a solenoid valve for a hydraulic braking system, a valve body has a receiving region which at least partially accommodates a guide assembly, the valve armature running axially through at least one through-opening of the guide assembly. A mechanical detent device is formed between the guide assembly and the valve armature, the detent device releasing the valve armature when the latter is in a de-energised closed position, such that the restoring spring drives the valve armature and pushes the closing element sealingly into the valve seat to produce a sealing function, and said detent device fixes the valve armature in a de-energised open position against the force of the restoring spring in an axial detent position, such that the closing element is raised from the valve seat.

Abstract: A mechanical brake for arresting movement of the output shaft of a linear electric motor, comprising a pivotally mounted plate having a space for receiving the output shaft of the motor; an electrically operated holding device contacting a free end of the plate and arranged to hold the plate in a condition to permit movement of the output shaft and to permit the plate to pivot to a jamming position; wherein the electrically operated holding device comprises a solenoid to control the movement of the plate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coil spring, in which a corresponding portion is provided at an end portion in a direction of a coil axis, the corresponding portion having a whole size in the direction of the coil axis of the plurality of wire materials adjacent to each other in the direction of the coil axis equal to a maximum value of a gap in the direction of the coil axis between wire materials adjacent to each other in the direction of the coil axis of the coil spring, a gap in the direction of the coil axis between the corresponding portion and a wire material adjacent to the corresponding portion on an inner side in the direction of the coil axis is smaller than a wire height in an active coil portion of the coil spring, and at the end portion of the direction of the coil axis, a gap in the direction of the coil axis between a portion extending around the coil axis from the corresponding portion to a distal end portion side of the wire material and a wire material adjacent to the portion on the inner

Abstract: A shock absorber that includes a damping force generation mechanism including a damping valve provided in a first passage through which a working fluid flows out due to a movement of a piston and a back-pressure chamber applying an internal pressure to the damping valve in a valve closing direction; and a back-pressure chamber inflow passage introducing the working fluid from the first passage into the back-pressure chamber is provided. The damping valve has: a first valve that opens and closes an opening of the first passage of the piston and comes into contact with the piston; a second valve provided on a valve opening side of the first valve and having a diameter smaller than the first valve, and defines the back-pressure chamber such that a pilot valve that slidably and tightly fits a seal member having an outer circumferential portion into a cylindrical part of a pilot case.